Unfortunately, we are living in the period of crisis. And in the period of crisis all countries face restrictions of competition. When “Transaero” withdraws from the market because the company failed financial management, obviously the air transportation market is being monopolized. How many other companies have collapsed over recent years?

In the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin chaired a State Council meeting on priority areas of activity of the Russian regions to promote competition in the country. Head of the Republic of Udmurtia Alexander Brechalov, Head of the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service Igor Artemyev, Minister of Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin and Governor of the Ulyanovsk Region Sergei Morozov presented the main reports. The meeting participants discussed the measures needed to achieve the goals set forth in the Presidential Executive Order No. 618 of December 21, 2017 on State Competition Policy Guidelines.

FAS exposed some signs of violating Clause 6 Part 1 Article 10 of the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition”: fixing and maintaining different tariffs for cellular communications services in the domestic region and traveling across Russia.

FAS analysis showed that the prices for communications services (calls within a region, calls outside the region, sms, data transfer) en route should not be different from the prices in the domestic region, since such a difference is not economically or technologically justified.

FAS requested the providers to eliminate the difference in each tariff plan for the same communications services obtained by the subscribers at home and on route.

All providers, to whom the Antimonopoly Service issued warnings, confirmed their readiness to execute it and petitioned to FAS on extending the deadline.

Having considered the reasoned petitions, the antimonopoly authority set the new deadline for executing the warnings for all providers: 15 December 2017. The providers must submit monthly reports to FAS on the progress of executing the warnings.

The Antimonopoly Service believes that executing the warnings will form a common telecommunications space and protect the rights of all subscribers within the Russian Federation.

If you are going to reproduce, reprint or republish any information from this site: a hyperlink on the original page is required.
The web-site is registered as a mass medium.
Registration certificate Эл № ФС77-24394 of May 15, 2006